Originally Posted by Vendzilla

From 2001 to 2010, Wisconsin taxpayers paid more than $8 billion for state employee health care coverage, while state employees contributed only $398 million, less than 5% of the total costs. From 2000 to 2009, taxpayers paid $12.6 billion for public employee pensions, while the employees only contributed $55.4 million, less than 0.5% of the total cost.

In staging sick-outs and protests over a request that they make a modest 5.8% contribution to their pensions and pay 12.6% of their health insurance premiums (half the national average), state employees look greedy and selfish.

In California, when you retire from the state,you do so with 95% of your pay and you don't have to contribute to it, it's fully funded by California. Name any private sector jobs that do that?


And do me a favor, I have BryanG on ignore, because he's too much of a pussy to say this to my face, don't quote him